This year, we’re celebrating play at the library! Everyone knows how beneficial play is for kids, but did you know that it is equally important for adults? It can be a wonderful stress reliever, boosts creativity, alleviates boredom, and may even lower your blood pressure. To that end, every month in 2024, we’re highlighting a different form of play. Each month we’ll have a bingo-style fun card. If you complete all the activities for a blackout on your card, you’ll receive a special prize. The more of the 12 monthly fun cards you complete this year, the better chance you have to win the grand prize and be crowned our annual play champion!
With the Olympics in high gear, we’re celebrating sports for August, so get ready to get your game face on!
Did you know there are over 8,000 sports in the world? Some of the most unusual include chess boxing, cheese rolling, and camel wrestling.
Did you know American sports inventions include baseball, basketball, softball, American football, volleyball, racquetball, and lacrosse?
Did you know running is the earliest Olympic event? In the 776 BC Olympics, there was only one event–the stade, a 210-meter footrace.
Did you know this year’s Olympics feature two new events, breaking and kayak cross?
Did you know World Cup soccer is the most-watched sporting event worldwide?
Here’s our play card for August.
What‘s your favorite sport to play? What’s your favorite sport to watch? What new sport are you trying? Tell us in the comments!
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